Omaha daily bee., 1887-06-20
sas City, Mo-; G. w. Templer. Kan

Kansas CITY, Mo-; G. w. Tcmpler, Kan
sas City, Mo.
1t is universally conceded that
more proficiency has been shown
In the examinations than ever before.
| The baccalaureato sermon was preached
at tho Presbyterian church by the Rev.
W. H. Marques, of Fulton, Mo. Mr..
| Marques preached n very able sermon.
| Tho annual examination commenced
Monday, June IL, aud ended Wednesday
ri noon. fine street parade was given
Tuesday, at : ?, M, by companies A and
B, kcmper cadets.
The Kcmper family school was
founded in June, 1874 and has therefore
completed the forty third year of its
existonce. After the death of its founder
10 1881 the .princlpalship of the school
passed into the hands of L. A. Johnston.
A. NJ, who was for many years
associate principal. During this entiro
| period its management has been actuated
by single aim, namely to furnish to
the youth of Missouri and the west such
| education rs is necessary to constitute
thorough preparation for college or for
| business, and while doing this to attend
carefully to the training Of the habits
and manners of its pupils, so that tho
| education they receive may be extended
for good and noble purposes. Its grad
yates and former students are prominent
IN nearly every state in the Union, and it
|
west. During the year, sixty.two pupils
have been enrolled. Last summer extern
| sivc additions and improvements were
made that aggregated many thousands
Of dollars. Further additions and inn
provements will be made and completed
| this summer before the opening OF school
in September.
The Insane Hospital Accidents.
| LINCOLN, Neb., June 1S.-To the Edi
tor of the BEE: l feel it my duty as q
correspondent of the hospital to say
something in regard to the system OF
government here, which is being so siren
uously criticised by the public. Surely ii
Is most unwise to conclude 'lax manage.
mcnt' to be the source Of the late acci
| dents Does not the world know that
fires, deaths and accidents often occur in
rapid succession in families as in institu
tons, making it proverbial truth that
| 'it never rains but Ii pourS?" Any one
who has had some experience in this
work knows that no system of govein IL
ment can secure an insane asylum from
accidents. Several discharges have oc.
Cured within the past few weeks, which
goes to prove the superintendent does
not intend to be lenlent with those who
prove themselves incompetent or unit
for the duties assigned them. Attendants
should be careful how they speak and act
|
regulations of the institution, and must
learn that the rules are not mere forms to
be complied with or ignored at will,
but if honor and principle are
not sufficient agents to war
rant ready compliance, remem.
Der that prompt dismissal is the result.
ThOughtlessness, carelessness or neglect
in any way cannot be considered sutfi-
cient or worthy excuse. The present
corps of attendants are fairly well d s.
ciplned. The system adopted by the
asylum requires that every ability neces-
sary to make a first class attendant, man.
ifest itself sooner or later. Sometimes the
liabilities of persons employed IN care OF
| the insane are fOund,out sooner ometimCs
later. but just as soon rs such persons are
found incompetent to discharge their
duties they must give up to others. 1t
eral ability to keep the position than it
does to get 1t, for many are called but
few are chosen" l will say that of all
who are in the institution there are none
whose duties are more responsible ard
more binding in everyiway than hose w!c
have immediate charge OF the patients,
who are designated attendants. Peculiar
qualifications are required to fit one tor
daily intercourse with the insane. Ma.
ture must have endowed him with hu-
name heart and a discriminating, judg-
Upon attendants devolves great
duty. Let us look into the
nature of this duty and the manner of it's
performance. What sacriiicees are to o
made. and what remuneration to be re-
ceIved. Attendants duties are those of
must be passed by on the right or on the
left. Christian love must characterize
their course Their tempers must be sub
jugated, their feelings disciplined 80 that
under all circumstances they can admi n
lister to the law of love. They must adopt
fully the maxim, If smitten ON one cheek
to turn the other, and to possess their
souls in patience. They have 10 learn to
endure abuses, insults, menacings, and
even violence, and never forget that they
are offered by irresponsible beings, even
when Judgment seems to say that malice,
and not madness, instigates. With for
bearance they must hold the band, and
with the mantle of charity cover every
oflense. The position is not without sac.
riice. Lives are perilled, the pleasures
of society more or less limited, habits
must often be changed. old associations
moment of time. while on duty, Is
their own. AS to remuneration, no
one who labors merely for
wages, is worthy his station; yet wages
are necessary, but am sorry to say, are
not IN the least justifiable or even encOur-
| aging lot cltneT man OF woman 10 make
the sacrifices that are absolutely neces-
sary to make the position profession.
There should be a standard of wages,
regulated by the general assembly of each
state, as an object to urge those engaged
in the work to do good, to minister to the
wants to investigate the ills and alleviate
the sorrows of suffering humanity. The
atflctions with which attendants have to
do present motives to exercise all the
better feelings of their natures. They are
called upon to persuade the obstinate,
cheer the gloomy, console the disconso.
late, calm the excited, bind up the broken
heart, and aid in calling home the lost
and wandering faculties of the human
! mind. There is no field of labor through
out the state where rests more response
bility and requires more sacrifice to be
made and more perseverance to endure
|, than does the position of an attendant in
! the hospitals for insane.
RESURGAM